A corner-stone of professional software engineering is automation, which helps eliminate human error, reduce unintended variability, and increase reproducibility. In this article, we demonstrate how to automate the deployment of a Mule application to CloudHub, while customizing the default rendering of the Mule app in Anypoint Visualizer.

Mule apps are typically built and packaged with Maven using the Mule Maven plugin (MMP). This is fully supported by Anypoint Studio,

MuleSoft provides the most widely used integration platform for connecting any application, data source or API, whether in the cloud or on-premises. With Anypoint Platform®, MuleSoft delivers a complete integration experience built on proven open source technology, eliminating the pain and cost of point-to-point integration. Anypoint Platform includes CloudHub™ iPaaS, Mule ESB™, and a unified solution for API management™, design and publishing.